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Hebrew
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Noun
קֵץ • (kets) m
- An end, a finish.
Tanach, Ezekiel 7:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:קֵץ בָּא בָּא הַקֵּץ הֵקִיץ אֵלָיִךְ הִנֵּה בָּאָה׃- qets ba, ba ha-qets, heqíts eláyikh hinéh ba'ah.
- An end is come, the end is come, it awaketh against thee; behold, it cometh.
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Pesachim 56a:בִּיקֵּשׁ יַעֲקֹב לְגַלּוֹת לְבָנָיו קֵץ הַיָּמִין, וְנִסְתַּלְּקָה מִמֶּנּוּ שְׁכִינָה.- Biqqésh Ya'aqóv l-gallót l-vanáv qets ha-yamín, v-nistallqá mimménu sh'khiná.
- Jacob desired to reveal to his sons the end of days, but the Shechinah left him.
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